Chapter 91: The Dutch Counterattack (Part I)

Fifteen minutes later, the two teams were back on the pitch.

The Spanish players were still full of confidence, and for them, the fifteen minutes of the break were completely relaxed and comfortable, and the advantage of two goals was enough for them to go into the second half of the game with a more full attitude.

For the Dutch team, the half-time period was a bit tormenting, no one knows what they experienced in the dressing room, but from the faces of the players, what they saw was more decisive - an attitude of giving it a go. It makes sense that they are now two goals behind and one step away from falling off a cliff, and if they are still thinking about the trophy, they have no choice but to fight hard.

Of course, the Dutch also have to thank the 15-minute timeout, which gives them time to recuperate and make changes, and if the chaotic form of the second half of the first half continues, then they are not far from real "death".

After the rest and adjustment in the midfield dressing room, it was obvious that it had a good effect, and the players of the Dutch team temporarily put away their loss and confusion, and only showed a resolute attitude on their faces.

This comforted many commentators who liked and supported the Dutch team.

'The Dutch players look a lot better mentally and maybe they will have a new performance in the second half.'

"The Dutch team has no way back! Forty-five minutes in the second half was their last chance! Whether or not they can complete the redemption depends on whether they can perform well! ”

"It can't be like the first half! If the Dutch team still have any hope of winning trophies, at the very least, they have to show their pride in Dutch football and give a good game to the fans all over the world! Don't just throw in the towel! ”

Amid the clamor in the sky, the bald referee Webb blew the whistle for the start of the second half.

"Don't just throw in the towel!"

It's a simple statement, but it's not easy to do, especially when the situation is already bad.

But from the very beginning of the game, the Dutch team showed a positive desire to move forward, and they are making the best interpretation of this sentence with practical actions.

The first kick-off in the second half was the Spanish team, Fan Bizhuang knocked the football back, Xavi, who received the ball, raised his eyes to look ahead, saw that there was no good opportunity to move forward, took two steps, and handed the ball to his teammates. Alonso, who had the ball, was also not greedy for the ball, and with a nudge of the ball shifted the football to the other side.

This is a very typical Spanish passing tactical play, they are good at continuous and fast and accurate passing, when they pull out the gap, they will immediately send the football to the place where it should go, and if there is no chance, they frequently reverse their feet, patiently looking for possible loopholes in the opponent.

It was a successful first half, especially after Van Bizhuang came alive, and his runs and breakthroughs caused a lot of problems for the Dutch defence, and the void came naturally.

Of course, this is also related to the Dutch team's all-attacking and defensive style of play, the strength of the Dutch team is recognized by the world, but it is no exaggeration to say that in terms of Spain's current lineup, strong is one thing, in terms of passing and controlling the ball, it is even more perfect, second to none, the Dutch team is led by the nose by the Spanish team's passing cooperation, which is not surprising at all.

The most important thing is that the Dutch team chose to attack and stop the attack in this game head-on confrontation tactics, throughout the first half, the two played evenly in the first half, but in the second half they were beaten one after another, they failed to effectively and toughly press the Spanish team, which gave the opponent more room to pass.

The inability to attack, the defense, and the opponent's play were played around, which was the most fundamental reason for the deterioration of the situation in the first half of the Dutch team.

It's just that the Dutch team in the second half obviously made changes to this point.

The Spanish team continued to pass according to the rhythm of the first half, but they didn't think about it, but the Dutch team's midfielders suddenly swarmed up, and one in front of Huntelaar and Van Persie pressed towards Alonso, who was holding the ball, and the other ran towards Capdevilla, who was the object of Alonso's pass.

Van Persie naturally couldn't keep up with the speed of the ball, but he was very experienced in interfering with the running route of the ball, and Capdevilla stepped forward quickly in shock, and hurriedly fell to the ground before Van Persie to sweep the ball out.

Although Capdevilla touched the ball first, the pass in the panic was missing the accuracy and the power was not enough, Iniesta ran back to catch the ball, but Van der Vaart moved faster, and actually stabbed the ball away first.

The sudden pressure of the Dutch team in front of the Spanish team greatly surprised the Spanish players, and they paid the price for it, and Van der Vaart quickly caught up with the ball and sprinted forward along the touchline.

After a successful steal in front, the Dutch team launched a counterattack on the spot.

Ramos met his club teammates, but Van der Vaart did not entangle with him, he knew very well that this counterattack was a surprise to the opponent, even if the Dutch team strengthened the midfield pressing, they could still grab the ball, but it was difficult to have such a good opportunity to counterattack quickly.

Without any hesitation, Van der Vaart rushed up to interfere with Ramos, directly diagonally 45 degrees from the foot of the long pass, the ball rose off the ground, with a huge arc posture, strong rotation into the penalty area.

After Huntelaar and Van Persie scrambled, they rushed to the penalty area with both arrows, and Van der Vaart's pass was also just right, Puyol moved to the right side of the penalty area, but soon he found himself losing control of Huntelaar, he wanted to jump, but Huntelaar had already jumped, his height was weak, the hunter's jump, was completely thrown away from him, he could only stretch his hand out, hoping that the small movements behind him could create obstacles for Huntelaar.

Huntelaar, who was in mid-air, didn't care about Puyol's action of pulling the jersey, the football spun quickly, Huntelaar shook his head violently, the football was rubbed by him to the middle, Van Persie appeared where he should have appeared, the tall Pique was left behind by Van Persie, there was no threat, Van Persie threw his body out in the run, and his left leg was also stretched out, just at the moment when the football fell, he kicked the bottom.

Faced with such a close kick, Casillas was helpless, he was at the near post to defend Huntelaar's direct header, but unexpectedly, Huntelaar and Van Persie made a combination, Van Persie's kick went straight to the middle, and Casillas completely lost his position.

The football rolled into the net without any suspense, not fast, but without any obstacles, all the way forward, colliding on the net, splashing snowflakes.

The Soccer City stadium fell silent.

The Spanish fans were still in a cheering posture, but they suddenly found that the football fell into their own door, wiped their eyes, and found that it was not a hallucination, which made their exhilarating voices choke in an instant.

The Dutch fans were also unable to react, the second half was barely a minute into the game, and many fans were still immersed in the grief and despair of being two goals behind, but it was in such a very short period of time that the Dutch team scored. The changes are so fast that everyone can't come back to their senses.

The commentators were also dumbfounded, no one expected that the Dutch team, which was in an absolutely passive position in terms of situation and score in the first half, scored at lightning speed at the beginning of the second half.

It wasn't until Van Persie grabbed the shirt in his hands and ran as he ran that everyone in the stadium pulled out of their shock and stunned.

"The ball is in! The ball is in!! The ball went in!! It's too fast, it's all too fast! Let's see what happens...... Oooo ”

Van der Vaart played the ball from the wing, Huntelaar headed the ball and Van Persie kicked and killed! The Netherlands pulled a goal back! The Dutch team is back from the dead! They saw the dawn of victory again! This game, there is still a fight! Suspense, it's back! ”

“2:1! The difference between the two sides is only one goal! Incredible, incredible, no one could have imagined that the game had just changed at the beginning of the second half! …… GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Van Persie scored a crucial goal, and the fate of the Dutch team may change from this goal! ”

The Dutch fans were happy and ecstatic with two goals down in the first half, making it difficult for them to have much hope for their team. Unexpectedly, the Dutch team used a sudden fast attack after the opening to pull the score back.

Although they are still behind, 0:2 and 1:2 are two completely different results, with half of the game time left, they only need to score one more goal, then they can get all the disadvantages back!

The fans of the Dutch team cheered wildly and celebrated, they were like people who were falling into the abyss, they were not far from death, but suddenly a rope hung down from the edge of the cliff, although they have not yet climbed back to the ground, but at least they have grabbed the rope and grasped the hope of life!

The other half of the fans in the stands are all silent, even if the Dutch team scores a goal, the aggregate score is still behind, this is not the most terrible, the terrible thing is that the other side has seen the hope of catching up, which has brought huge pressure to Spain.

And, until now, there are still quite a few fans who have not come to their senses, and their faces remain either surprised or in disbelief - the sudden pressing of the Dutch team and the subsequent counterattack are really too fast.

On the sidelines, Bosque also stood up from the coach's bench, and he shook his arms hatefully, indicating that he was extremely depressed about the goal he had conceded.